The real reason Columbus doesn't have a pro football team is because if they did, the next thing you know, Cleveland and Cincinnati would want a pro football team too!
Columbus is smack dab in the middle of 4 AFC markets Cincinnati Bengals 1 hr 35 minutes away Cleveland Browns 2hrs away Indianapolis Colts 2hrs 35 minutes away Pittsburgh Steelers 2hrs 56 minutes away
The taxpayers are very happy that the NFL will not "Give" them a team. The taxpayers can save their billions instead of building a stadium for a billionaire owner.
Memphis native living in Nashville now. Came exactly to comment this. Honestly, there’s probably more Cowboys and Steelers fans in Memphis than Titans fans because of this.
I lived in Memphis when that happened. No one wanted to support a team that Nashville was gonna get. We tried for almost 20 years to get a team, and to host a team going to Nashville of all places was a slap in the face. One last thing, the Saints are definitely not the most popular team there.
Sacramento will never get an NFL team even though it's the 20th largest TV market. It's too close to San Francisco... Not as close as San Jose, but still just 90 miles away from SF. Sac has a huge Niners and legacy Raiders fanbase anyway.
@@gavinsheridan4680 Well, the NFL would not have a monopoly in Canada as it would in the US. The NFL is a monopoly... period. Trump tried to start a competitive league and the NFL stopped them from using the stadia... about the only thing I agree with him on, the NFL is a sanctioned monopoly.
@@braddrummonds7389 except his solution to this monopoly was more asshole billionare owners instead of the real solution being fan ownership of teams akin to german clubs
When the Chargers were still in San Diego, they had a de facto monopoly on the LA market, mostly using it as a bargaining chip in their ultimately failed quest to replace Jack Murphy Stadium.
Why would there be? The cost to get a stadium built would be ENORMOUS. And where would they put it? Out in Queens or somewhere else on Long Island? Well maybe I guess but I don't see how that's a whole lot better than Northern New Jersey to be honest.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I’m old enough to remember when the Giants played in Yankee Stadium and the Jets played in Shea Stadium. So both were in NYC proper back in the day. But you’re absolutely correct - it would be cost prohibitive to build a modern football stadium in NYC now.
Even if Albuquerque will never have an NFL team, I will always respect the hell out of them as a city when it comes to sports. Why??? Because they actually named their Triple-A baseball team in reference to a Simpsons episode lol
Gotta think that San Diego will be a prime candidate for another team given how badly the Chargers fans there got screwed. The league seems to favor making that kind of thing right by awarding new franchises.
@@HomerSimpson51256 within their level of play they are but if Ohio State's best ever team could play the worst Cleveland or Cincy Team ever the pro teams would still kick the shit out of them. The best college teams might have at most a half a dozen players good enough to start on a pro team. A pro team has 22 such players on the roster.
San Jose already has an NFL franchise. They are called the San Francisco 49ers. They play in Santa Clara, which is a suburb city immediately adjacent to San Jose...very close to downtown San Jose, in fact.
As a Scottish perspective, for what it matters. St Louis, Austin, San Diego and Oklahoma would be my 4 choices. However I’d like to see 8 teams, add in Toronto and another Canadian team (Montreal?) with two others in there.
Oklahoma City would actually make a great NFL city in my opinion. Even with the Oklahoma Sooners somewhat relegating OKC to "de-facto college town status" - the main campus is roughly 20 miles from the city proper - I believe that would only help grow the team's fanbase. The key is to hit the ground running in fielding a competitive team, much like the Thunder did when they came to town. Bonus points if they can sign a few ex-Sooners, or even ex-OK State Cowboys as their fanbase is substantial in their own right.
St Lo has issues with the city not wanting to get sucked into paying for another stadium. They've had two teams abandon them and screw them over and they don't seem eager to test those waters again. But ya know never known. Austin is a no go. The University of Texas football team has one of the largest fanbases in the state and their stadium is literally in downtown Austin (as is the rest of the campus). San Antonio is a better choice since it only has an NBA franchise and no college teams with enormous fanbases. It's also growing almost as fast as Austin and is only a couple of hours drive away. San Diego absolutely should get a team. It's far too large of a city not to have and NFL team, it's a favored location for hosting Super Bowls because of the warm weather in the winter and the former Charger fanbase was a good one that was loyal to a team that wasn't all that good for most of it's time in the city. Additionally the NFL has shown a pattern of getting teams back into markets that have been deserted by previous owners. OK.... well maybe... However that has always been primarily college football focused and would have some of the same issues that Austin does. And outside of the OK City and Tulsa the state is pretty empty. It's also not terribly far away from where the Kansas City Chiefs play.
San Jose already has a team. They're called the 49ers. Oakland will never have a team in ANY league ever again. Sacramento will get a team before Oakland does.
I live in San Antonio and i hate that we get lumped in with Austin. As if its a package deal. Either one city gets a team while the other doesn't. Or we are forced to share a team. Screw that!!! Each city should get its own team. Each city has over a million people and are each growing fast. In my opinion: 4 Texas teams is perfect and would make a killer NFL division, full of rivalries and competition.
If you can easily drive to a game, that’s good enough. Some of us are nowhere close to an NFL city, so if there’s an NFL team an hour away, just take it and count yourself blessed. Don’t get greedy. I hate when areas have more than one team when others have none.
Besides Austin or San Antonio, the other likely cities for potential US based NFL franchises would be Salt Lake City, St. Louis mostly because I think the league owes them a team, and maybe Raleigh Durham If the CFL ever goes under or they finally agreed to have American NFL teams play there then Toronto would be another great candidate. People in Toronto like big-time football they don’t like the CFL
The Raleigh-Durham market is already larger than some NFL markets, but it would be a difficult sell for the NFL given that there are over 140,000 D1 college football seats in the metro among NC State, UNC, and Duke. Maybe when the Triangle reaches 3M it could happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Raleigh is too close to Charlotte and the Eastern part of North Carolina has been part of the Washington fanbase for decades. I grew up there and a ton of kids in school were diehard Washington fans.
@@karnubawax that's not the only reason but it certainly helps. Austin would be a hard sell with UT sucking up so much of the oxygen in the sports market. But a team somewhere on the North East side of San Anton would probably do well.
Both San Antonio and St. Louis are hotspots for NFL expansions. You can see the crowd turnouts during UFL games. I don't know why Jacksonville wants to move their team to London when it is a lot more profitable to move them to San Antonio or St. Louis.
@@UnchainedAmerica Florida is more profitable than Texas lol now why would the NFL do that 🤔😆 jags are building a new stadium, google it. By the same guys, who recently build LA’s ..Florida has 3 teams for a reason.
@@moneyonfleek1992 Texas population is growing at a pretty rapid rate and a lot of that growth is in San Anton and Austin (they are only a couple of hours drive from each other).
The owner of the Jags has some connection to London (think he owns a soccer team but don't quote me on that). It's probably not going to happen because the logistics would be a nightmare. The idea of the NFL expanding outside of North America is pretty much a pipedream when you stop to think about how difficult it would be deal with the logistics of a team permanently based in Europe.
@@mikejacobs7464 they used to play games in Milwaukee sometimes but do they still do that? I was under the impression they stopped after they got good again and could pack Lambeau Field every game.
It's not the size of Memphis that is a significant factor but the poverty of the population. There aren't enough people who live in Memphis who could afford a ticket to an NFL game and that's why the NFL will never put a team in Memphis.
San Antonio has tried repeatedly to get an NFL franchise. They built a dome under the “if you build it they will come” theory - didn’t work. The Saints relocated there during COVID and they tried to get them to stay - didn’t work. Red McCombs (very wealthy San Antonian) bought the Minnesota Vikings to lay the groundwork for a team in his hometown - didn’t work. I live in San Antonio and it’s weird - it’s a sports town. They support the Spurs, they host march madness tournament rounds, UTSA football and bowl games are popular. I think the league is concerned about dilution. Both the Cowboys and Texans sell a lot of merchandise here…
I too live in San Antonio. Its been a long and painful road this far getting to this point. In my opinion its our poor city planning and leadership that has cost our city an NFL team. . Not investing money decades ago into our local universities, our airport, our local businesses, and our infrastructure has caught up with us. Businesses like AT&T left SA for Dallas, young people left for better jobs and education. . However, the tide has shifted in the last decade. . UTSA and UT health are merging. Our airport is about to undergo a $2.5B renovation, multiple manufacturing and tech jobs are growing within the city. . Lastly there's discussion about PROJECT MARVEL. The construction of a new entertainment district downtown complete with a new SPURS NBA arena. . Rumor is those plans include major upgrades for the Alamodome. I pray the Alamodome does NOT get renovated. Instead SA should save money (3-5 Billion) and have the plan in place for when the next team relocation or expansion occurs. Then once a deal is made, construction begins
@@forgottenplaces9780 I don’t live in Jacksonvill, but I am from Florida. It wouldn’t make sense to add a team in San Antonio lol when another state can have one that doesn’t. Texas isn’t Florida
@@tollboothjason If the NFL decides they want another team in Texas they are going to get another team in Texas whether Jerry likes it or not. Like the video said he is only one vote out of 32.
I doubt any city in Texas gets another team, other than the Houston area the cowboys dominate the whole state. Even el paso wouldn't support an nfl franchise its jerryland out here.
I can't believe there's folks that still believe St.Louis should or will get another NFL team. SMH. The NFL got exactly what they wanted by moving the Rams back to LA into the new corporate headquarters stadium, increasing the value of the team, meanwhile expanding the fan base of the Chiefs to the whole state of Missouri including the St. Louis metro area. The St.Louis department stores all sell Chiefs apparel and memorabilia while the folks buy and wear it all over town. The local network sports coverage always includes the Chiefs the same way they always did the Rams and the Big Red. Chief signs and logos are displayed everywhere. The city now has the Battlehawks who play at the dome where the Rams played. And the city also settled themselves with a major league soccer team. Built a new stadium for that. Nah, St. Louis has been turned into Chiefs nation, and most of the NFL fan base there have fallen for it.
Yea I was aware of that. I applied my comment after reading many here that were bringing up St. Louis. I agree with your analysis on the cities you mentioned.
@@TS-wh4ey great comment, never knew Of all u wrote. Just like I read a comment, sayin Portland needs a team. Pretty sure it’s the same Situation ..Portland residents support the Seahawks
@@moneyonfleek1992 The driving distance between Portland and Seattle is just shy of three hours. The driving distance between KC and St. Louis is almost four hours. Not that it makes a big difference, but I can't imagine the NFL awarding a franchise to Portland when they were perfectly satisfied with moving the Rams out of St. Louis, forcing the Chiefs onto the abandoned fan base, from a city four hours away on the other side of the state. IMO
Nobody plays in the Bay Area literally. Santa Clara is a purgatory with the fans suffering in the heat. Albuquerque has had a major drug problem with blue meth but anything is possible. Better Call Saul.
@@carlgemlich1657Stadium sucks in Santa Clara. Team is cool. I don’t know how Santa Clara is not in the Bay Area. I live 3 hours ahead in SC. Never mind.
San Francisco native 🌉 here. 1:40 "...still root for the Raiders...." No! When Al moved then to LA, my Fandom went bye 👋 bye 👋. Meanwhile, the 49ers arose under the late Bill Walsh. Thus, many ex Oakland fans jumped ship 🚢. Any city in Canada 🇨🇦 is subject not to have an NFL team: the CFL exists.
The 8 cities that would be in the run and considered in the running should be on the west Coast and central areas. Those teams should be san Diego, Sacramento, portland, st Louis, san Antonio/Austin, OKC, Utah, Vancouver.
@@vladimirdoyle3934 Portland team is the Seahawks 😆 ..San Antonio & Austin doesn’t need a team and would be bad investment. Texas already has 2. Spread the sauce else where. okc only has a PRO team, cus David stern moved the hornets there for a while. when hurricane Katrina happed and saw the output. Okc is a rural town. St. Louis didn’t do the things they needed to keep the rams there. Only city from the list that makes sense is Utah
@moneyonfleek1992 Portland should have a team and it if ur team doesn't play in that state then it ain't yours. And fuck Jerry Jones he has cowgirl fans all over this country in large numbers. The rams were gonna move to LA no matter what that's why there was that 4 year lawsuit that happened. OKC has a capability to hold a team and it would be a great spot to hold a SB. And if u have management interested in playoff regular u get fans, just like what happened with the rams. U don't show up to win and build to win u struggle. SD was robbed and should have a team start in SD not moved there and the fans will show up especially for games against the chargers. The West coast needs more football to survive financially. Not like the league is struggling but it forces other teams to actually support there city.
I can honestly say most people in Memphis do not care about the Titans, or any Nashville based sports team. If Memphis for whatever reason (it would never happen) got an NFL team it would have no problem drawing news fans here seeing as the two cities absolutely hate each other. Not to mention you have several major corporations based in Memphis so it would be too crazy for someone in Memphis to buy and finance an NFL team if Nashville never had a team.
I'm from Memphis love the Titan Vols and University of Memphis....there are a lot of Memphians who like all their in state teams...not sure where y'all getting this data from
@ I uhhhh live in Memphis? Sure there are people who like those teams but for the majority of the city? Nah. It’s the Tigers and like the Cowboys and Steelers.
Birmingham courted the Patriots in 1968. They knew about the Fenway Park situation and offered to build a football only stadium. Billy Sullivan held out and got Foxboro m
As someone from Louisville, I pretty much agree with your assessment. I feel like we're too much of a college town to ever be serious for a professional team. That may change someday, but I can't see it happening any time soon. Also, it's not just the Cards but the Cats too. One could argue that its more so the latter.
Expansion? Really, doesn't the NFL already have perennial cellar-dwellers living solely off TV rights? Is there really a need for a further dilution of talent? How many more teams are required to keep balance in the divisions? 4? 8?
They usually add them 2 at a time. For years and years there were divisions that only had 4 teams while other divisions had 5 teams. The standard practice is to add one AFC and one NFC team at a time and they usually (but not always) stick them in the division that makes the most sense geographically. What's been the pattern is to add teams in pairs every 5-7 years until there are enough to form a new division and then reorganize the entire structure of divisions (and sometimes conferences too). In the 60s there was only an East and West division for the NFL and the AFL. Then they added a Central division for both conferences in the 70s. Then in the early 2000s they went to the now current system with an East West North and South division. As to why they want to add more teams obviously so they can make more money. When they hit a certain number of additional teams they will reorganize the playoffs to add more playoff games as well which makes even more money. So far as diluting talent level goes. Well there are 128 FCS teams in the country with an even greater number of FBS teams out there. With over 300 teams to potentially farm talent from I don't think they are going to lower the quality of the product to much by adding more teams any time soon.
If the NFL ever goes international, it'd be the Jaguars moving to England. The Khans have a lot of ties to England, not to mention all the trips they already make. It's just a matter of time.
I'm typically a guy who loves to play Madden and move a team to Orlando, but I have to admit... I only think that itself is believable if it's Tampa or Jacksonville. No teams from outside the state will ever move here, I am confident of that, and I don't see Orlando getting an expansion team unless they expand to 40 teams along the way. (I think Brooklyn is more believable in-game, and that's saying something -- typically moving Washington and not JUST because I can then change the name.)
The NBA failed in San Diego twice with the Rockets(Houston) and Clippers(LA), and failed in St.Louis once with the Hawks (Atlanta),The Seattle SuperSonics would be back in the NBA before San Diego and St.Louis.
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Part of the reason that the A's couldn't move South closer to San Jose was because the Giants already claimed San Jose as their market territory based on an old agreement within MLB. I don't think the same agreement would apply to NFL.
Kinda surprised to not see Honolulu on this list. Relatively big pop (1M) and the NFL has history here, but I give zero chance we ever sniff a franchise.
An NFL team in Honolulu would have many of the same logistical issues that is also affect London. Besides, Aloha Stadium, a technological marvel when it opened in the mid 70s, is now condemned.
Memphis was on the running for awhile. I remember in the early 90's the finalists were Memphis, Charlotte, Jacksonville, Baltimore. Always felt bad they got left out. Would have really helped the city i believe.
Dude if we got a team besides Nashville it would have been so great, we more than likely would have still got an NBA team and having both the NFL and NBA here when our population was larger than Nashville would definitely helped out our city.
The Longhorns prevent Austin from having an NFL team. They control the city and dont want to give up any money spent by citizens in Austin who spend it on the longhorns to the NFL.
I agree Memphis is not a good candidate, as they will never get out of that 60-year old stadium. They just keep pouring more and more money into upgrades, but they just cannot change the fact that it is 60 years old. They also recently reduced capacity to 50,000, which would make it the smallest in the NFL.
Louisville is too small of a market that is not growing. Also, a new arena will need to be built. The downtown KFC arena is unfortunately outdated by current standards. But then again, New Orleans and Memphis have teams. Neither one is growing, even lower than Louisville.
Red McCombs from San Antonio bought the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, and many people in the Alamo City believed that he would move the Vikings. It didn’t happen. Austin is too dominated by the University of Texas. No chance of an NFL team here anytime soon.
Birmingham has always been considered for an NFL team, but they now have a professional team in the Birmingham Stallions which has won 3 straight USFL Championships.
I don't see Hartford Connecticut getting an NFL franchise, Connecticut is just right across the Boston, Massachusetts border and besides football fans in Hartford Connecticut most are Patriots fans there so that being said there will be absolutely no place to support an NFL franchise in Hartford Connecticut.
File all of these under "duh". Nobody is talking about these cities getting teams. Why not look at actual possibilities? Mexico City, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, St. Louis, along side San Antonio/Austin, ate all viable candidates.
I think SLC is the only realistic choice for expansion. Nobody else has the growth, the money, and the interest. And even then, I think it would be a relocation rather than an expansion. I just don't see it anywhere. I do not think we'll get any expansion teams in MLB until 2030 at the earliest. The only way it happens is a massive overhaul of the system. Cities that have just clawed their way to a size big enough to support an NFL team are not going to go $1B in the hole to publicly fund a stadium. Those days are over. The only way it happens from now on is private money.
Birmingham Al could be ten times bigger but college football will always be king in that state. Lived in Huntsville for several years and never met one soul pining for the NFL. Pro football would be a step down for those fanatics.
Surprised Albuquerque was mentioned. As a resident the thought of an NFL team here never really crossed my mind because of the reasons you’ve stated. I could see possibly an NBA team similar to the Thunder. Basketball is the most popular sport amongst young people here and our two D1 schools have had more success in basketball than any other sport. But there are other cities more deserving of one than ABQ.
San Diego (Metro 3.3M, ranked 18th) has a larger market than Saint Louis (Metro 2.8M, ranked 23rd) and San Antonio (Metro 2.7M, ranked 24th). So just based on market, San Diego and Saint Louis should get the next 2 expansion teams. However, (eventually) I see the NFL expanding to 40 teams, with a whole 4 team division in Europe (London for sure, maybe another UK team, and 2 teams in Germany). Then they'll need 4 more teams from North America: San Diego, Saint Louis, San Antonio or Austin, and then possibly Portland or Salt Lake City. I think the NFL needs more teams in the northwest (currently only has Seattle).
St Louis isn’t going to lift a finger or offer a dime to help the nfl. Any future team in STL will have to pay for everything and that just isn’t going to happen.
@@jasonkoch3182 I think that is the way of the NFL, going to need a rich owner (or owner group) in most cases to foot the bill for a new team and stadium.
If either Austin or San Antonio get a team, I'd be surprised. Both the Cowboys and now the Texans would have to OK it and neither want to dilute their fan base.
Toronto and London.... But... They would have to greatly allow for them to have salary cap adjustments because they would have to pay a lot more for talent to want to come (have you seen the income tax rates in the UK?).
San Diego will not get a team… EVER! The Chargers abandoned the city, which is still within their marketing area. They will do all they can do to stop any new team from entering that market. And the Rams will likely take their side.
If Texas gets a third NFL team, more likely San Antonio than Austin. Austin is a college football (and college sports) town. The San Antonio team could just move to the Alamodome and they'd have built in fan support there that Austin would lack.
The Alamodome is 31 years old, which is ancient for NFL stadiums. They would have to build an entire new facility. Plus you got generations of Cowboy fans there who won't change their allegiance.
@@tenfourproductionsllc You are correct 10-4. I moved to San Antonio from Houston, and the long-time residents here are Cowboys fans. Also, as you noted, the Alamodome is not up to current “luxury stadium” practices. It’s not that big, and has zero luxury boxes, and I don’t see how it could be renovated to provide any of that.
Texas & Cail only has 2 ..while Florida has 3 ..Florida has elite economy Jaguars aren’t goin anywhere they building a new stadium by the same Guys who built LA’s
1) Agree on San Jose, legally San Jose can't in that aspect 2) Albuqurque just sounds like a stupid city to put a team...that's a given. Plus it's a college town 3) I may have to respectfully disagree on Memphis, I think they'd test the waters on an NFL team...and if Roger Goodell wants it, the Titans will change their name to Nashville (And the only reason it failed in the late-90's is because the Liberty Bowl is a dump) 4) Louisville is a college town...I don't think "team loyalties" is a valid reason. A new fresh NFL team in your city would totally change that 5) Ohio isn't a big enough state to house 3 NFL teams...but Columbus is a solid sports city San Antonio needs a better building than the Alamo Dome. Austin is Longhorns country...no NFL team is needed there.
If that was true, the Cowboys would be winning championships all the time. That's not happening. And it will not happen anytime soon as long as Jerry Jones is running the Cowboys.
The Browns owner wants to move from downtown Cleveland to a new stadium in suburban Brook Park. More and more fans are thinking they can just keep on going.
The Browns owner is an idiot. All you have to do is to look at how many bad decisions he’s made since the rebirth of the franchise after Modell move the Original Browns to Baltimore.
Tbh i dont think thats a big deal, theres nowhere decent to fit it downtown and brookpark isnt far, like 8 miles… hell of a lot better than the 40 the 49ers play away from sf
I don't buy the idea of Memphis not being worthy of an NFL team. Of course we didn't support the Oilers; they weren't our team. We don't see the Titans as our team. We should have our own team. Then people will come back to Memphis.
@@tenfourproductionsllcFrom about 1970-1976, the Virginia Squires of the ABA played in Norfolk, Hampton, Richmond, and Roanoke. The team was headquartered in Norfolk.
The real reason Columbus doesn't have a pro football team is because if they did, the next thing you know, Cleveland and Cincinnati would want a pro football team too!
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I think their players salaries are pretty comparable between the three teams.
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San Jose has an NFL team! The 49ers are about 8 miles away. They might as well be called the Bay Area 49ers.
San Francisco ever having an NFL team again is actually a more interesting question than San Jose.
@@boogitybear2283 I say San Jose 49ers
The Bay Area is one media market so they are the Bay Area’s team.
This is true. I wish they had built a stadium in SF
Columbus is smack dab in the middle of 4 AFC markets
Cincinnati Bengals 1 hr 35 minutes away
Cleveland Browns 2hrs away
Indianapolis Colts 2hrs 35 minutes away
Pittsburgh Steelers 2hrs 56 minutes away
@@wilderac2250 they have something much better in Ohio State
Also not that far away from the Detroit Lions.
Idk how Pittsburgh has a team that place is rural and slow pace of life 🥱
@@moneyonfleek1992 Pittsburgh was a booming metropolis of steel manufacturing in its heyday. The Steelers are an old traditional franchise
I should retire j. Columbus. So much football tk be seen. In a few years I'd see all 32 NFL teams live.
The taxpayers are very happy that the NFL will not "Give" them a team. The taxpayers can save their billions instead of building a stadium for a billionaire owner.
I bet the Oilers knowing they were ultimately headed to Nashville is why they didn’t draw in Memphis.
Exactly. The saying in Memphis was: Our dream, their team.
Why didn't they just stay in Houston a couple more seasons? The turnout in Memphis was even worse.
@@dvferyance Bud Adams burnt bridges on his way out of Houston.
Memphis native living in Nashville now. Came exactly to comment this. Honestly, there’s probably more Cowboys and Steelers fans in Memphis than Titans fans because of this.
I lived in Memphis when that happened. No one wanted to support a team that Nashville was gonna get. We tried for almost 20 years to get a team, and to host a team going to Nashville of all places was a slap in the face. One last thing, the Saints are definitely not the most popular team there.
Sacramento will never get an NFL team even though it's the 20th largest TV market. It's too close to San Francisco... Not as close as San Jose, but still just 90 miles away from SF. Sac has a huge Niners and legacy Raiders fanbase anyway.
San Diego and St Louis should get expansion teams
San Diego should get their football team back.
Chargers should return to San Diego since they have a new owner now
St Louis yes San Diego no unless the Chargers move back.
@@dvferyance Chargers got a new owner now so their is a chance to do so
@@dreamcage1801the Spanos family still own 69% of the Chargers
Let's be real, if the CFL didn't exist. There would be a team in Toronto
If the NFL wanted to enter a market, a lesser sports league’s presence wouldn’t deter them. Its more about Buffalo’s proximity.
@@gavinsheridan4680 yeah no, the buffalo sabres and the toronto maple leafs coexist, just fine. An nfl team would absolutely work in toronto.
@@gavinsheridan4680 Well, the NFL would not have a monopoly in Canada as it would in the US. The NFL is a monopoly... period. Trump tried to start a competitive league and the NFL stopped them from using the stadia... about the only thing I agree with him on, the NFL is a sanctioned monopoly.
@@braddrummonds7389 except his solution to this monopoly was more asshole billionare owners instead of the real solution being fan ownership of teams akin to german clubs
If the NFL wanted a team in Toronto, the CFL would not exist the next day
Los Angeles went years without an NFL team and most folks didn't give a rip.
@@jim2376 🤣 facts
When the Chargers were still in San Diego, they had a de facto monopoly on the LA market, mostly using it as a bargaining chip in their ultimately failed quest to replace Jack Murphy Stadium.
@@jim2376 they’ve got 2, through fairly nefarious means and they give even less
Than a darn
Prediction: There will never be an NFL team in New York City proper.
Why would there be? The cost to get a stadium built would be ENORMOUS. And where would they put it? Out in Queens or somewhere else on Long Island? Well maybe I guess but I don't see how that's a whole lot better than Northern New Jersey to be honest.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I’m old enough to remember when the Giants played in Yankee Stadium and the Jets played in Shea Stadium. So both were in NYC proper back in the day. But you’re absolutely correct - it would be cost prohibitive to build a modern football stadium in NYC now.
@@OldRustySteeleI am old enough to remember 1975 when the Jets and the Giants both played in Shea along with the Mets and Yankees.
@@alphax4785 what’s a NY city proper? ..I’ma just google it lol nvm
The real question is why does St L not have either an NBA or NFL team
STL isn't big enough for the big 4 franchises.
@@chrisjudd6 They already have 2.
And it's the 23rd largest metro in the country, and they don't have any market near by.
@@chrisjudd6They used to have an NFL team, twice.
@stevensuarez4843 I'm 43. I'm well aware of that. My point is NFL failed twice in less than 40 years in STL
@@chrisjudd6 how does Minneapolis do it then
Cleveland will never get an NFL franchise!!!
Cue rim shot.
Even if Albuquerque will never have an NFL team, I will always respect the hell out of them as a city when it comes to sports. Why???
Because they actually named their Triple-A baseball team in reference to a Simpsons episode lol
@@Mr.E723 what is the name of it
@@GR-bn3xj Isotopes
@@GR-bn3xj Albuquerque Isotopes. Nice AAA park. I think they even have a statue of Homer out in center field.
Well that and New Mexico is one of the nations leaders in nuclear science.
Two cities I'd LIKE To get a good team are two cities that got screwed ... St Louis and San Diego
Gotta think that San Diego will be a prime candidate for another team given how badly the Chargers fans there got screwed. The league seems to favor making that kind of thing right by awarding new franchises.
@@Xmetalfanx Orlando fl
Columbus has a professional team, it's called Ohio State
*college team not professional
@@dominicbahantka7826 no 💩...he knows they're a college team. It's just because they are better than the Browns or the Bengals 🤦
@@HomerSimpson51256 within their level of play they are but if Ohio State's best ever team could play the worst Cleveland or Cincy Team ever the pro teams would still kick the shit out of them. The best college teams might have at most a half a dozen players good enough to start on a pro team. A pro team has 22 such players on the roster.
I've heard of them.....they were destroyed by my ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE boys and ALWAYS over rated.
@ didn’t you guys lose to Vanderbilt
San Jose already has an NFL franchise. They are called the San Francisco 49ers. They play in Santa Clara, which is a suburb city immediately adjacent to San Jose...very close to downtown San Jose, in fact.
San Jose and Santa Clara are a mile apart
Yep, they are.
San Jose and Santa Clara directly abut each other. The Valley Fair mall straddles the border.
As a Scottish perspective, for what it matters.
St Louis, Austin, San Diego and Oklahoma would be my 4 choices. However I’d like to see 8 teams, add in Toronto and another Canadian team (Montreal?) with two others in there.
Oklahoma City would actually make a great NFL city in my opinion. Even with the Oklahoma Sooners somewhat relegating OKC to "de-facto college town status" - the main campus is roughly 20 miles from the city proper - I believe that would only help grow the team's fanbase. The key is to hit the ground running in fielding a competitive team, much like the Thunder did when they came to town. Bonus points if they can sign a few ex-Sooners, or even ex-OK State Cowboys as their fanbase is substantial in their own right.
St Lo has issues with the city not wanting to get sucked into paying for another stadium. They've had two teams abandon them and screw them over and they don't seem eager to test those waters again. But ya know never known.
Austin is a no go. The University of Texas football team has one of the largest fanbases in the state and their stadium is literally in downtown Austin (as is the rest of the campus). San Antonio is a better choice since it only has an NBA franchise and no college teams with enormous fanbases. It's also growing almost as fast as Austin and is only a couple of hours drive away.
San Diego absolutely should get a team. It's far too large of a city not to have and NFL team, it's a favored location for hosting Super Bowls because of the warm weather in the winter and the former Charger fanbase was a good one that was loyal to a team that wasn't all that good for most of it's time in the city. Additionally the NFL has shown a pattern of getting teams back into markets that have been deserted by previous owners.
OK.... well maybe... However that has always been primarily college football focused and would have some of the same issues that Austin does. And outside of the OK City and Tulsa the state is pretty empty. It's also not terribly far away from where the Kansas City Chiefs play.
San Jose already has a team. They're called the 49ers. Oakland will never have a team in ANY league ever again. Sacramento will get a team before Oakland does.
I feel like a few of these cities might get a team if the NFL had a minor league
I live in San Antonio and i hate that we get lumped in with Austin. As if its a package deal. Either one city gets a team while the other doesn't.
Or we are forced to share a team.
Screw that!!! Each city should get its own team. Each city has over a million people and are each growing fast.
In my opinion: 4 Texas teams is perfect and would make a killer NFL division, full of rivalries and competition.
@@keeganbrown9967 Texas isn’t Florida 😆
If you can easily drive to a game, that’s good enough. Some of us are nowhere close to an NFL city, so if there’s an NFL team an hour away, just take it and count yourself blessed. Don’t get greedy. I hate when areas have more than one team when others have none.
2:40 - Hey they've got the Isotopes already so all good.
GO 'TOPES!!
Besides Austin or San Antonio, the other likely cities for potential US based NFL franchises would be Salt Lake City, St. Louis mostly because I think the league owes them a team, and maybe Raleigh Durham
If the CFL ever goes under or they finally agreed to have American NFL teams play there then Toronto would be another great candidate. People in Toronto like big-time football they don’t like the CFL
The Raleigh-Durham market is already larger than some NFL markets, but it would be a difficult sell for the NFL given that there are over 140,000 D1 college football seats in the metro among NC State, UNC, and Duke. Maybe when the Triangle reaches 3M it could happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
@@johnlabus7359 The only reason San Antonia is a good pick is because it doesn't have a huge college base.
Raleigh is too close to Charlotte and the Eastern part of North Carolina has been part of the Washington fanbase for decades. I grew up there and a ton of kids in school were diehard Washington fans.
@@karnubawax that's not the only reason but it certainly helps. Austin would be a hard sell with UT sucking up so much of the oxygen in the sports market. But a team somewhere on the North East side of San Anton would probably do well.
@@bjdon99 Orlando fl
Both San Antonio and St. Louis are hotspots for NFL expansions. You can see the crowd turnouts during UFL games. I don't know why Jacksonville wants to move their team to London when it is a lot more profitable to move them to San Antonio or St. Louis.
@@UnchainedAmerica Florida is more profitable than Texas lol now why would the NFL do that 🤔😆 jags are building a new stadium, google it. By the same guys, who recently build LA’s ..Florida has 3 teams for a reason.
What sense does it makes, too add another team in Texas ? Isn’t Houston the most recent Expansion team? Same year Andre Johnson was drafted
@@moneyonfleek1992 Texas population is growing at a pretty rapid rate and a lot of that growth is in San Anton and Austin (they are only a couple of hours drive from each other).
The owner of the Jags has some connection to London (think he owns a soccer team but don't quote me on that). It's probably not going to happen because the logistics would be a nightmare. The idea of the NFL expanding outside of North America is pretty much a pipedream when you stop to think about how difficult it would be deal with the logistics of a team permanently based in Europe.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 true, I agree with everything u said
I pretty much agree on all of them. Sadly my hometown of Milwaukee would also be on that list given the Packers and Bears are just too close.
Truthfully the Green Bay Packers are Milwaukee’s NFL team with 3 games being Milwaukee season ticket games.
@@mikejacobs7464 they used to play games in Milwaukee sometimes but do they still do that? I was under the impression they stopped after they got good again and could pack Lambeau Field every game.
These cities are fortunate to not have teams, stay that way!
It's not the size of Memphis that is a significant factor but the poverty of the population. There aren't enough people who live in Memphis who could afford a ticket to an NFL game and that's why the NFL will never put a team in Memphis.
new orleans is poorer then memphis and smaller it has a team..why?
Gonna go with a technicality and say they’ll never put an NFL stadium in NYC proper ever again, there is just no space for it.
No team will ever move now that the threat of moving to Los Angeles is gone.
San Antonio has tried repeatedly to get an NFL franchise. They built a dome under the “if you build it they will come” theory - didn’t work. The Saints relocated there during COVID and they tried to get them to stay - didn’t work. Red McCombs (very wealthy San Antonian) bought the Minnesota Vikings to lay the groundwork for a team in his hometown - didn’t work. I live in San Antonio and it’s weird - it’s a sports town. They support the Spurs, they host march madness tournament rounds, UTSA football and bowl games are popular. I think the league is concerned about dilution. Both the Cowboys and Texans sell a lot of merchandise here…
I too live in San Antonio. Its been a long and painful road this far getting to this point. In my opinion its our poor city planning and leadership that has cost our city an NFL team.
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Not investing money decades ago into our local universities, our airport, our local businesses, and our infrastructure has caught up with us. Businesses like AT&T left SA for Dallas, young people left for better jobs and education.
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However, the tide has shifted in the last decade.
. UTSA and UT health are merging. Our airport is about to undergo a $2.5B renovation, multiple manufacturing and tech jobs are growing within the city.
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Lastly there's discussion about PROJECT MARVEL. The construction of a new entertainment district downtown complete with a new SPURS NBA arena.
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Rumor is those plans include major upgrades for the Alamodome. I pray the Alamodome does NOT get renovated. Instead SA should save money (3-5 Billion) and have the plan in place for when the next team relocation or expansion occurs. Then once a deal is made, construction begins
Theres so many more people in san antonio and austin than places like jacksonville and buffalo, its hard to believe it couldnt work
@@forgottenplaces9780 I don’t live in Jacksonvill, but I am from Florida. It wouldn’t make sense to add a team in San Antonio lol when another state can have one that doesn’t. Texas isn’t Florida
Elon Musk should put a team in Austin. Call them the Texas X’s
Jerry Jones won't let Austin or San Antonio get a team.
@@tollboothjasonI’m not even from Texas and he pisses me off for that.
@@tollboothjason If the NFL decides they want another team in Texas they are going to get another team in Texas whether Jerry likes it or not. Like the video said he is only one vote out of 32.
Or Exes, like the song.
I doubt any city in Texas gets another team, other than the Houston area the cowboys dominate the whole state. Even el paso wouldn't support an nfl franchise its jerryland out here.
I can't believe there's folks that still believe St.Louis should or will get another NFL team. SMH.
The NFL got exactly what they wanted by moving the Rams back to LA into the new corporate headquarters stadium, increasing the value of the team, meanwhile expanding the fan base of the Chiefs to the whole state of Missouri including the St. Louis metro area. The St.Louis department stores all sell Chiefs apparel and memorabilia while the folks buy and wear it all over town. The local network sports coverage always includes the Chiefs the same way they always did the Rams and the Big Red. Chief signs and logos are displayed everywhere.
The city now has the Battlehawks who play at the dome where the Rams played. And the city also settled themselves with a major league soccer team. Built a new stadium for that.
Nah, St. Louis has been turned into Chiefs nation, and most of the NFL fan base there have fallen for it.
I was thinking of putting st louis on here but I wanted to focus on cities that have never had a team
Yea I was aware of that. I applied my comment after reading many here that were bringing up St. Louis. I agree with your analysis on the cities you mentioned.
@@TS-wh4ey great comment, never knew
Of all u wrote. Just like I read a comment, sayin Portland needs a team. Pretty sure it’s the same
Situation ..Portland residents support the Seahawks
@@moneyonfleek1992
The driving distance between Portland and Seattle is just shy of three hours. The driving distance between KC and St. Louis is almost four hours. Not that it makes a big difference, but I can't imagine the NFL awarding a franchise to Portland when they were perfectly satisfied with moving the Rams out of St. Louis, forcing the Chiefs onto the abandoned fan base, from a city four hours away on the other side of the state. IMO
St. Louis will never get one again.
Nobody plays in the Bay Area literally. Santa Clara is a purgatory with the fans suffering in the heat. Albuquerque has had a major drug problem with blue meth but anything is possible. Better Call Saul.
How is Santa Clara not in the bay.
@@carlgemlich1657Stadium sucks in Santa Clara. Team is cool. I don’t know how Santa Clara is not in the Bay Area. I live 3 hours ahead in SC. Never mind.
San Francisco native 🌉 here.
1:40 "...still root for the Raiders...." No! When Al moved then to LA, my Fandom went bye 👋 bye 👋. Meanwhile, the 49ers arose under the late Bill Walsh. Thus, many ex Oakland fans jumped ship 🚢.
Any city in Canada 🇨🇦 is subject not to have an NFL team: the CFL exists.
Let’s add 4! They could play each other twice and then be the 17th game for the other teams! Portland, San Antonio, St. Louis, and San Diego!
The 8 cities that would be in the run and considered in the running should be on the west Coast and central areas. Those teams should be san Diego, Sacramento, portland, st Louis, san Antonio/Austin, OKC, Utah, Vancouver.
@@vladimirdoyle3934 Portland team is the Seahawks 😆 ..San Antonio & Austin doesn’t need a team and would be bad investment. Texas already has 2. Spread the sauce else where. okc only has a PRO team, cus David stern moved the hornets there for a while. when hurricane Katrina happed and saw the output. Okc is a rural town. St. Louis didn’t do the things they needed to keep the rams there. Only city from the list that makes sense is Utah
@moneyonfleek1992 Portland should have a team and it if ur team doesn't play in that state then it ain't yours. And fuck Jerry Jones he has cowgirl fans all over this country in large numbers. The rams were gonna move to LA no matter what that's why there was that 4 year lawsuit that happened. OKC has a capability to hold a team and it would be a great spot to hold a SB. And if u have management interested in playoff regular u get fans, just like what happened with the rams. U don't show up to win and build to win u struggle. SD was robbed and should have a team start in SD not moved there and the fans will show up especially for games against the chargers. The West coast needs more football to survive financially. Not like the league is struggling but it forces other teams to actually support there city.
I can honestly say most people in Memphis do not care about the Titans, or any Nashville based sports team.
If Memphis for whatever reason (it would never happen) got an NFL team it would have no problem drawing news fans here seeing as the two cities absolutely hate each other.
Not to mention you have several major corporations based in Memphis so it would be too crazy for someone in Memphis to buy and finance an NFL team if Nashville never had a team.
Many in Nashville don't care about the Titans. The Tennessee Vols rule the state! The Titans are like the minor leagues.
@ most people in Memphis also don’t care about the Vols.
I'm from Memphis love the Titan
Vols and University of Memphis....there are a lot of Memphians who like all their in state teams...not sure where y'all getting this data from
@ I uhhhh live in Memphis? Sure there are people who like those teams but for the majority of the city? Nah. It’s the Tigers and like the Cowboys and Steelers.
@LoneCourier2281 yeah old heads like the cupcakes and Steelers...but there are some who do like the Titans
I'm surprised you didn't mention Birmingham AL. lol.
Birmingham courted the Patriots in 1968. They knew about the Fenway Park situation and offered to build a football only stadium. Billy Sullivan held out and got Foxboro m
No NFL team is going to play in very old Legion Field
@@davidlafleche1142They played one game against the Jets in 1968 in Birmingham and that was it
Bham probably doesn't have enough on the city to meet the profile. Idk. Would have to build a new stadium for sure
@@GR-bn3xj Well it has a metro over 1 million. Or at least that's what I have been told. That's why I thought it would make this list. lol.
As someone from Louisville, I pretty much agree with your assessment. I feel like we're too much of a college town to ever be serious for a professional team. That may change someday, but I can't see it happening any time soon.
Also, it's not just the Cards but the Cats too. One could argue that its more so the latter.
Expansion? Really, doesn't the NFL already have perennial cellar-dwellers living solely off TV rights? Is there really a need for a further dilution of talent? How many more teams are required to keep balance in the divisions? 4? 8?
They usually add them 2 at a time. For years and years there were divisions that only had 4 teams while other divisions had 5 teams. The standard practice is to add one AFC and one NFC team at a time and they usually (but not always) stick them in the division that makes the most sense geographically. What's been the pattern is to add teams in pairs every 5-7 years until there are enough to form a new division and then reorganize the entire structure of divisions (and sometimes conferences too). In the 60s there was only an East and West division for the NFL and the AFL. Then they added a Central division for both conferences in the 70s. Then in the early 2000s they went to the now current system with an East West North and South division. As to why they want to add more teams obviously so they can make more money. When they hit a certain number of additional teams they will reorganize the playoffs to add more playoff games as well which makes even more money. So far as diluting talent level goes. Well there are 128 FCS teams in the country with an even greater number of FBS teams out there. With over 300 teams to potentially farm talent from I don't think they are going to lower the quality of the product to much by adding more teams any time soon.
If the NFL ever goes international, it'd be the Jaguars moving to England. The Khans have a lot of ties to England, not to mention all the trips they already make. It's just a matter of time.
Forget about that, Jax just had a total stadium renovation approved
A look, a dumbass comment about the Jags moving to England. Haven’t heard that constantly for the last 15 years
There won't ever be a NFL team in Europe they just need to bring back the NFL Europe and call it a day
I'm typically a guy who loves to play Madden and move a team to Orlando, but I have to admit... I only think that itself is believable if it's Tampa or Jacksonville. No teams from outside the state will ever move here, I am confident of that, and I don't see Orlando getting an expansion team unless they expand to 40 teams along the way. (I think Brooklyn is more believable in-game, and that's saying something -- typically moving Washington and not JUST because I can then change the name.)
I would go with ANY of them having an NFL team or any team in Pro Sports over Portland, Oregon or anywhere else based in Oregon.
San Diego and St. Louis need an NBA team again
@ I say both NHL and NBA. After that SD will do everything in their power to get the chargers back to their home.
StL left in 1968 SD left in 1971 and 1984 if they haven't got an NBA team by now they never will
@ different climate and never too late to change the narrative
The NBA failed in San Diego twice with the Rockets(Houston) and Clippers(LA), and failed in St.Louis once with the Hawks (Atlanta),The Seattle SuperSonics would be back in the NBA before San Diego and St.Louis.
Ar least this year San Diego got the clippers back in the form of a gkeauge team.
Will New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, or Washington DC get a team on their soil.
I heard Birmingham Alabama thrown around a bit when I lived there awhile back.
When is the State of New Jersey getting their own NFL football 🏈 team??? ☹️
Just remember this, folks. ☝️ There is only ONE NFL football 🏈 team in the State of New York. The Buffalo Bills 🦬 (Village of Orchard Park, Erie County, New York). 😃👍
YEAH RIGHT! I'll take the Jets or giants over Your heard of buffaloes any day.
Part of the reason that the A's couldn't move South closer to San Jose was because the Giants already claimed San Jose as their market territory based on an old agreement within MLB. I don't think the same agreement would apply to NFL.
There are enough NFL teams already to expand that would dilute the talent and game altogether. Maybe the LA chargers could move
Kinda surprised to not see Honolulu on this list. Relatively big pop (1M) and the NFL has history here, but I give zero chance we ever sniff a franchise.
Never say never, I mean HS football is HUGE on O'ahu. Ticket prices would have to be astronomical though to cover all the travel expenses.
An NFL team in Honolulu would have many of the same logistical issues that is also affect London. Besides, Aloha Stadium, a technological marvel when it opened in the mid 70s, is now condemned.
Memphis was on the running for awhile. I remember in the early 90's the finalists were Memphis, Charlotte, Jacksonville, Baltimore. Always felt bad they got left out. Would have really helped the city i believe.
Dude if we got a team besides Nashville it would have been so great, we more than likely would have still got an NBA team and having both the NFL and NBA here when our population was larger than Nashville would definitely helped out our city.
Something bigger coming to Memphis.....watch what I tell ya.
@TommyTomTompkins What would be bigger?
I mean San Jose does have a team in a way so why would they have two teams literally right next to them
Yes since one could argue San Jose is more of a NFL city than San Francisco.
The Longhorns prevent Austin from having an NFL team. They control the city and dont want to give up any money spent by citizens in Austin who spend it on the longhorns to the NFL.
I dont think they have a say lol, plus theres plenty of people moving there that arent longhorn fans anyway
The problem with Austin and San Antonio is the same problem that Columbus has... two NFL teams already split whatever fan base you'd get
I agree Memphis is not a good candidate, as they will never get out of that 60-year old stadium. They just keep pouring more and more money into upgrades, but they just cannot change the fact that it is 60 years old. They also recently reduced capacity to 50,000, which would make it the smallest in the NFL.
I could see a brand new stadium being built in Shelby County if Memphis was promised an NFL team.
Louisville will get an NBA team in the near future either by expansion or by a relocated New Orleans Pelicans franchise .
Louisville is too small of a market that is not growing. Also, a new arena will need to be built. The downtown KFC arena is unfortunately outdated by current standards. But then again, New Orleans and Memphis have teams. Neither one is growing, even lower than Louisville.
Expansion
@ an arena is already built and it’s NBA ready too
I could see Louisville getting an NBA team but that would be it for pro sports there.
@dvferyance maybe or possibly get a mlb team too
San Jose HAS a team, San Fransisco does not have a team. the way you present this is just nonsense.
Red McCombs from San Antonio bought the Minnesota Vikings in 1998, and many people in the Alamo City believed that he would move the Vikings. It didn’t happen.
Austin is too dominated by the University of Texas. No chance of an NFL team here anytime soon.
It should be changed from the SF 49ers to the Bay Area 49ers.
@@tmghui888 that doesn’t roll off the tongue great lol just like the Washington commanders
Birmingham has always been considered for an NFL team, but they now have a professional team in the Birmingham Stallions which has won 3 straight USFL Championships.
I don't see Hartford Connecticut getting an NFL franchise, Connecticut is just right across the Boston, Massachusetts border and besides football fans in Hartford Connecticut most are Patriots fans there so that being said there will be absolutely no place to support an NFL franchise in Hartford Connecticut.
I wouldn't go to San Jose for front row seats to the second coming of Christ
Forget the sad fact that they’ll never get a nfl team, it’s just the way you say Louisville. 😭
File all of these under "duh".
Nobody is talking about these cities getting teams. Why not look at actual possibilities? Mexico City, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, St. Louis, along side San Antonio/Austin, ate all viable candidates.
I think SLC is the only realistic choice for expansion. Nobody else has the growth, the money, and the interest. And even then, I think it would be a relocation rather than an expansion. I just don't see it anywhere. I do not think we'll get any expansion teams in MLB until 2030 at the earliest. The only way it happens is a massive overhaul of the system. Cities that have just clawed their way to a size big enough to support an NFL team are not going to go $1B in the hole to publicly fund a stadium. Those days are over. The only way it happens from now on is private money.
3 million people market at the most... That's not a lot. Oklahoma City would be a bigger market (but would have to pay off the Cowboys and Chiefs).
Birmingham Al could be ten times bigger but college football will always be king in that state.
Lived in Huntsville for several years and never met one soul pining for the NFL.
Pro football would be a step down for those fanatics.
Cleveland will never get an NFL team
As a Nashvillian I'm always thankfull that we have an NFL team. Also most people in Memphis are either cowboys or steelers fans
Grew up in Memphis (live in Nashville now). Can confirm
@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES1 yes definitely not the Saints. By a long shot. I wish Memphis would get a team. The Memphis/Nashville rivalry would be intense.
I heard most ppl in Memphis won't root for the titans since they used to play there and left
@@great-one0389that is true
@@great-one0389most people in Memphis absolutely cannot fucking stand Nashville sports teams.
The only places would be middle of nowhere cities that are already dominated by an nfl team
If the CFL didn’t exist than there would definitely be a team in Moscow
Surprised Albuquerque was mentioned. As a resident the thought of an NFL team here never really crossed my mind because of the reasons you’ve stated. I could see possibly an NBA team similar to the Thunder. Basketball is the most popular sport amongst young people here and our two D1 schools have had more success in basketball than any other sport. But there are other cities more deserving of one than ABQ.
sa, birmingham, memphis, london, mex. city. sd and st. l. should get nfl back.
Santa Clara where the 49ers play is right next to the San Jose international airport 😂😂😂
St. Louis & San Antonio will get the next 2 expansion teams those are the last big football markets that don't have an NFL. team in my opinion .
San Antonio isn't getting a team
They should but as of now I see no big plans by the NFL to expand. Mayve when Godell is gone.
San Diego (Metro 3.3M, ranked 18th) has a larger market than Saint Louis (Metro 2.8M, ranked 23rd) and San Antonio (Metro 2.7M, ranked 24th). So just based on market, San Diego and Saint Louis should get the next 2 expansion teams. However, (eventually) I see the NFL expanding to 40 teams, with a whole 4 team division in Europe (London for sure, maybe another UK team, and 2 teams in Germany). Then they'll need 4 more teams from North America: San Diego, Saint Louis, San Antonio or Austin, and then possibly Portland or Salt Lake City. I think the NFL needs more teams in the northwest (currently only has Seattle).
St Louis isn’t going to lift a finger or offer a dime to help the nfl. Any future team in STL will have to pay for everything and that just isn’t going to happen.
@@jasonkoch3182 I think that is the way of the NFL, going to need a rich owner (or owner group) in most cases to foot the bill for a new team and stadium.
If either Austin or San Antonio get a team, I'd be surprised. Both the Cowboys and now the Texans would have to OK it and neither want to dilute their fan base.
What about Salt Lake city?
Big town and nearest teams are 400mi (vegas) and 500mi (denver)
I could see that one happening…
It's the only option that makes sense.
Playing sports there on a Sunday???? Ain't gonna happen
Toronto and London.... But... They would have to greatly allow for them to have salary cap adjustments because they would have to pay a lot more for talent to want to come (have you seen the income tax rates in the UK?).
No NFL teams for these cities,Austin,San Antonio,Oklahoma City,Toronto,Memphis,Louisville,Orlando,Columbus,Ohio St.Louis and San Diego.
Is Portland Oregon viable?
The Seahawks have a large fan base there so I am skeptical.
No NFL ready stadium that seats 65, 000 or more
Oregon SHOULD NOT GET A TEAM WHATSOEVER. It is ALREADY BAD ENOUGH Portland, Oregon has a team for the NBA & MLS.
Salt Lake City will never get an NFL team either
This was studied years ago. Columbus did not need an NFL team. Reason? We have the Ohio State Buckeyes. Nuff Said!
New York needs another team
San Diego will not get a team… EVER! The Chargers abandoned the city, which is still within their marketing area. They will do all they can do to stop any new team from entering that market. And the Rams will likely take their side.
You should edit the video more. Nothing crazy, just put text up on your picks when you announce them. Makes it easier for me to watch the video.
If Texas gets a third NFL team, more likely San Antonio than Austin. Austin is a college football (and college sports) town. The San Antonio team could just move to the Alamodome and they'd have built in fan support there that Austin would lack.
The Alamodome is 31 years old, which is ancient for NFL stadiums. They would have to build an entire new facility. Plus you got generations of Cowboy fans there who won't change their allegiance.
@@tenfourproductionsllc You are correct 10-4. I moved to San Antonio from Houston, and the long-time residents here are Cowboys fans. Also, as you noted, the Alamodome is not up to current “luxury stadium” practices. It’s not that big, and has zero luxury boxes, and I don’t see how it could be renovated to provide any of that.
@@anglobostonian Orlando Fl ..the pro bowl is already held there anyway
new orleans a small poor declining city and metro shouldnt have a team...move that team to austin,tx
Texas & Cail only has 2 ..while Florida has 3 ..Florida has elite economy Jaguars aren’t goin anywhere they building a new stadium by the same
Guys who built LA’s
1) Agree on San Jose, legally San Jose can't in that aspect
2) Albuqurque just sounds like a stupid city to put a team...that's a given. Plus it's a college town
3) I may have to respectfully disagree on Memphis, I think they'd test the waters on an NFL team...and if Roger Goodell wants it, the Titans will change their name to Nashville (And the only reason it failed in the late-90's is because the Liberty Bowl is a dump)
4) Louisville is a college town...I don't think "team loyalties" is a valid reason. A new fresh NFL team in your city would totally change that
5) Ohio isn't a big enough state to house 3 NFL teams...but Columbus is a solid sports city
San Antonio needs a better building than the Alamo Dome. Austin is Longhorns country...no NFL team is needed there.
No other team is moving into Texas. Period. JJ will never allow it and he controls most of the owners.
If that was true, the Cowboys would be winning championships all the time. That's not happening. And it will not happen anytime soon as long as Jerry Jones is running the Cowboys.
El Paso?
Richmond or the Norfolk area. Of course, you would have to pay off the Washington Football Team for lost market share.
You forgot Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Not only because of the Packers, but because Chicago is only around 95 miles away.
It's strange to think the Packers were once close to being forced by the NFL to move to Milwaukee.
@@johnperrigo6474 I don't know why they didn't. GB is too small to have a team.
Milwaukee doesn't have a football stadium, they're not going to play football at American Family Field built for baseball
Chicago being 95 miles away doesn't stop Milwaukee from having an NBA and MLB team.
@@7beachbum But Green Bay doesn't have an NBA or MLB team.
The Browns owner wants to move from downtown Cleveland to a new stadium in suburban Brook Park. More and more fans are thinking they can just keep on going.
The Browns owner is an idiot. All you have to do is to look at how many bad decisions he’s made since the rebirth of the franchise after Modell move the Original Browns to Baltimore.
Tbh i dont think thats a big deal, theres nowhere decent to fit it downtown and brookpark isnt far, like 8 miles… hell of a lot better than the 40 the 49ers play away from sf
I don't see Austin getting a football team for the same reason Columbus won't - the state has two teams already and it's a college town.
I would say there is Zero chance Milwaukee will get an NFL team.
San antonio and austin should share a team, stadium built in between the two.
I don't buy the idea of Memphis not being worthy of an NFL team. Of course we didn't support the Oilers; they weren't our team. We don't see the Titans as our team. We should have our own team. Then people will come back to Memphis.
One city that has never had a team in any major pro sport (and will never get one) is Birmingham
Neither has the state of Virginia.... ever.
@@tenfourproductionsllcFrom about 1970-1976, the Virginia Squires of the ABA played in Norfolk, Hampton, Richmond, and Roanoke. The team was headquartered in Norfolk.
What about Branson, MO?
These cities are so lucky.